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Collected Item: “Taiwan's 200th day COVID-19 Free”

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Taiwan's 200th day COVID-19 Free

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I was born in Taiwan, so I was happy to see that my home country is doing so well in the pandemic. Despite their close proximity to China, Taiwan cracked down on COVID-19 very quickly and was never heavily struck by the disease. I asked my mother about this, and she said that Taiwan already has experiences with pandemics (the SARS outbreak). I think that coupled with the political tension between Taiwan and China prompted Taiwan to tackle the coronavirus outbreak very aggressively.

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Taiwan, EastAsia, Asia, COVIDFree

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-29/this-place-hasn-t-had-a-local-coronavirus-case-in-200-days

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Cindy Wang and Samson Ellis

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2020-10-28
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